Category: Computer

Mobile Detox – The Big Itch

The Big Itch – Mobile Detox Smart phones are so pervasive, that they have taken up a large part of our time. Although, there are benefits, there are drawbacks as well and here we will see what we gained for what we sacrificed. Benefits of smartphones Undoubtedly, there are several benefits of smartphones, and some of … Continue reading Mobile Detox – The Big Itch →

How to fix Error Permission denied:’/dev/input/eventX’ running kivy app in Linux

On running a Python script in vscode with the kivy package, the error of Permission denied:'/dev/input/eventX' appears, where X is a number. To correct this error, open a terminal window and enter the following command: $ sudo chmod u+r /dev/input/eventX <enter> Above is only for one time execution. Error will repeat again if code is … Continue reading How to fix Error Permission denied:’/dev/input/eventX’ running kivy app in Linux →

The Quest for A Good IDE for Python Coding on Linux

In order to write code or learn programming or coding in Python, a good IDE was needed to take out the pain from looking up functions, keywords and more. The short list below were tried out before finally choosing one that best suited the purpose. Geany Eclipse PyCharm Spyder vscode Whilst it made sense to … Continue reading The Quest for A Good IDE for Python Coding on Linux →

There’s something about data backups – what’s the big deal!

It’s been almost 12 years since using the 128 MB Transcend USB hard drive for data backups. On the other hand there’s also a 128 KB Transcend USB pen drive from 2006 that still works quite well today plus a Kingston 1 GB USB pen drive. In 12 years, storage device and storage media technology … Continue reading There’s something about data backups – what’s the big deal! →

An ode to passwords – safeguarding online accounts

Every account created (online or offline) requires additional elements to be remembered the service or the device or the website or the application; the user name or ID that is to be used to login in to it, and; the associated password. It's easy to remember sites, applications, services and associated user IDs. However, to … Continue reading An ode to passwords – safeguarding online accounts →

How to mount internal disk drive in Debian 12 Linux without entering password everytime

When mouting an internal disk on Debian 12 Linux (Bookworm), a password is asked to be entered each time the internal disk is mounted. This is the root password. To stop the system from asking for a password each time the internal disk is to be mounted, open a terminal window and enter the following … Continue reading How to mount internal disk drive in Debian 12 Linux without entering password everytime →

How to add fonts on the XFCE desktop in Linux

Fonts can be downloaded and then added to the XFCE Desktop in Linux by using the font manager. To install the font manager, open a terminal window and enter the commands as below: $ sudo apt-get install thunar-font-manager <enter> To run the font manager, enter: $ font-manager <enter> Or open thunar file manager, click on … Continue reading How to add fonts on the XFCE desktop in Linux →

How to prevent laptop from booting to the grub prompt in Debian 12

Upon installation of Debian 12 on a Dell Vostro 3546 laptop, it was noticed that on boot, the laptop booted into the grub prompt instead of the boot menu. It displayed grub> waiting for an input. To boot normally, it was necessary to type quit <enter> to get to the boot menu. This abnormal behaviour … Continue reading How to prevent laptop from booting to the grub prompt in Debian 12 →

How to enable missing bluetooth icon in system tray in Debian

After installation of Debian 12, it appears that bluetooth is not working. However, all the services related to bluetooth on the computer are running, but the bluetooth icon does not appear in the system tray. To enable the bluetooth icon, install the blueman package. To do so, open a terminal window and enter the following … Continue reading How to enable missing bluetooth icon in system tray in Debian →